Below are s series of pictures and short description of some of the many places that we visited on a trip to Napa with Andrew's brother. This was the furthest North in California that I had been. We spent a few hours in San Francisco and visited Alcatraz but I don't have any pictures of that. San Francisco just isn't my scene but Andrew enjoyed going to Alcatraz.
One of the things that struck me over and over in Napa is the architecture, interior design, and landscaping. A lot of these pictures reflect that.
We'll start with Hoopes Vineyard. Hoopes is a Scordato brothers' favorite and I think it was my favorite space. The hospitality was outstanding and it was a relaxing place to be.
Inside this beautiful barn was an amazing selection of cut flowers in the spirit of autumn.
I didn't get a picture of their sumptuous seating area but I did get this shot of their chef's kitchen, recently featured on an ABC Thankgsiving Cooking special.
Our host was kind enough to take a snapshot of us all together.
And here is a view from leaving the barn, back the way we came.
Another interesting feature of the trip was visiting an a large (I think they said 80,000 square feet) wine cave. No, not THAT wine cave recently mentioned in a campaign debate. This was at a place called Miner. Andrew's brother works in the wine industry and gets professional access at many places. This tour included the fermentation tanks and the wine cave.
Our wine tasting was even in the cave.
Miner also had several screech owl boxes in the vineyard for rodent control.
And a view from Miner.
Speaking of wine caves, even though there are hundred of wineries in Napa, we did actually go to the winery referenced by the recent campaign debate...it's actually Hall winery in Rutherford AND I have a picture. This is the only one, so priorities.
Yes, this is a giant sculpture of a silver bunny.
We went to both large and small wineries. Another favorite was Teachworth, that was set deep in the hills and required lots of directions to get to but it was worth it.
A small boutique winery with single, private owners, this estate is also the home of T. Berkley wines and the winemaker gave us a tour.
Here is the private home on the property.
They had a much smaller wine cave.
Duckworth was another great example of interior design and landscaping. They had just planted easily 200 lavender plants and I will post about that later on the lavender blog. For now here is a variety of entire and exterior shots. Duckworth had the most landscaping of anywhere we went including rosemary hedges 3 to 5 feet all accented with lavender plants and sage as ground cover.
Here's a final picture or two from Titus Winery that had lovely views.
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Inside this beautiful barn was an amazing selection of cut flowers in the spirit of autumn.
I didn't get a picture of their sumptuous seating area but I did get this shot of their chef's kitchen, recently featured on an ABC Thankgsiving Cooking special.
Our host was kind enough to take a snapshot of us all together.
And here is a view from leaving the barn, back the way we came.
Another interesting feature of the trip was visiting an a large (I think they said 80,000 square feet) wine cave. No, not THAT wine cave recently mentioned in a campaign debate. This was at a place called Miner. Andrew's brother works in the wine industry and gets professional access at many places. This tour included the fermentation tanks and the wine cave.
Our wine tasting was even in the cave.
Miner also had several screech owl boxes in the vineyard for rodent control.
And a view from Miner.
Speaking of wine caves, even though there are hundred of wineries in Napa, we did actually go to the winery referenced by the recent campaign debate...it's actually Hall winery in Rutherford AND I have a picture. This is the only one, so priorities.
Yes, this is a giant sculpture of a silver bunny.
We went to both large and small wineries. Another favorite was Teachworth, that was set deep in the hills and required lots of directions to get to but it was worth it.
A small boutique winery with single, private owners, this estate is also the home of T. Berkley wines and the winemaker gave us a tour.
Here is the private home on the property.
They had a much smaller wine cave.
Duckworth was another great example of interior design and landscaping. They had just planted easily 200 lavender plants and I will post about that later on the lavender blog. For now here is a variety of entire and exterior shots. Duckworth had the most landscaping of anywhere we went including rosemary hedges 3 to 5 feet all accented with lavender plants and sage as ground cover.
Here's a final picture or two from Titus Winery that had lovely views.
Next blog will be about December with a spotlight on baking around the house and a family tradition. Sign up for the email if you want updates delivered directly to your in box.
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